Touch – Wait … where’s the number 6?

“Numbers are constant … until they’re not.
Our inability to influence outcome is the great equalizer. It makes the world fair.
Computers generate random numbers in an attempt to glean meaning out of probability, endless numerical sequences lacking any pattern:
anterior cataclysmic global event, tsunami earthquake, the attacks of 9/11.
These random numbers suddenly stop being random.
As our collective consciousness synchronizes, so do the numbers.
Science can’t explain the phenomenon, but religion does.
It’s called prayer. A collective request, sent up in unison. A shared hope.”

I really liked this introduction to “Noosphere Rising.” The series touts it will “blend science, spirituality and emotion” into the mix and it did so with that statement, setting the map for what was to come. What it suggested was that no matter how much one might rely on items or events falling into place, it’s equally as important to trust in faith and its ability to work things out. You can nudge or suggest or plan or detail a situation or circumstance or even a set of circumstances in a particular direction, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the result is going to be what you hoped for. It could take an entirely different tack.

That was the theme of this episode … and I think what was said in the introduction above will come into play a lot more down the road on Touch.

“Numbers are constant … until they’re not.”

Notes:

• Hokay … so Teller really is dead. I can’t deny it. But … have the many dealings with him enmeshed Martin in Teller’s world enough so that he’s been “won over” to the all the hullabaloo rather than just the randomness of it all? It would appear so as random was on a mission to find Teller’s “secret stash” … and he did. Onward …
• “1188” was supposedly the “Dead Man’s Hand” but there wasn’t a lot of “dead” to it … not like the number “6” from last week. There was a lot of “dead end” to those digits, however. Think about it. Veronica’s blog … the ranch in Australia with its 1188 hectares of land seemingly obstructed from acquisition, the key Martin was given by Teller, the card hands at the poker tables, the glaring playing card message Jake shows Martin after cluing him in to Logan’s information on the tablet.
• Martin’s sister in law, Abigail Kelsey (Catherine Dent) is up to some sort of monkey business more than has been let on by her initial appearance. Stay tuned.
• It didn’t escape my notice as Martin was writing the additional numbers on the chalk board he left out the “6” in the sequence. Was this just a number meant specifically for Teller? Or is it an integral part of the so called “Amelia Sequence” … ???
• I wasn’t completely on board with the events that took place in this episode. They were fractured and forced. I know they can’t all be gems … but, for example, the monkey business with Veronica was rather easy to spot with her cupid-like tendencies and given she’d had a bad relationship with her motorhead beau. That was just kind of put out there for filler more than integrated into the story.
• I want to know more about the Japanese gals, goofy as their story might be.
• Oh … and some of the concepts behind noosphere can be daunting, complex, heady. Watch out.

Clacked by Michael Noble
on Apr 27, 2012 @ 10:29 EST5EDT